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PublisherLiveright Publishing Corporation

ISBN-101631491490

ISBN-139781631491498

eBay Product ID (ePID)211893074

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Book TitleAnimals : a Novel

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2016

TopicThrillers / Suspense, Literary

GenreFiction

AuthorChristian Kiefer

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight9 Oz

Item Length0.8 in

Item Width0.6 in

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ReviewsKiefer weaves loyalty, self-destruction, and survival into a story that's equal doses of raging suspense and thought-provoking gray areas. A great choice for mystery and literary-fiction book groups., An unusual and compelling amalgam of noir classic. . . . This tough-minded thriller weaves a hot red thread through an introspective, sensuous landscape, a meditation on instinct, memory and the nature of friendship between species and between men., Kiefer creates a wilderness for us in these pages with as sure a hand as any god. All of life's hardest questions are put to us with such confidence we do not see the hand at work. The Animals is beyond a pleasure to read., Every once in a while, a book moves me to tears with the grace of its prose, the depth and humanity of its characters, and the ferocity of its singular vision. Christian Kiefer's The Animals is such a book: a startling and beautiful novel about friendship, grief, and the urge to start over, to be blameless. I loved it., Outstanding. . . . The juxtaposition of Kiefer's portrayal of past with present, the lost with the found, and a life without love with one filled with it gives this novel great depth and feeling. . . . Exquisitely wrought prose combined with a contemporary noir thriller create a heartbreaking tale of one man's quest for redemption., I couldn't read the novel fast enough, yet there were passages that I made myself read over and over again. You must read what is sure to be on many 'Best of' lists for 2015., A rare young stylist, with an abundance of vivid, engrossing stories in his brain; Christian Kiefer is a genuine find.

SynopsisBill Reed manages a wildlife sanctuary in rural Idaho, caring for injured animals raptors, a wolf, and his beloved bear, Majer, among them that are unable to survive in the wild. Seemingly rid of his troubled past, Bill hopes to marry the local veterinarian and live a quiet life together, the promise of which is threatened when a childhood friend is released from prison. Suddenly forced to confront the secrets of his criminal youth, Bill battles fiercely to preserve the shelter that protects these wounded animals and to keep hidden his turbulent, even dangerous, history. Alternating between past and present, Christian Kiefer contrasts the wreckage of Bill s crime-ridden years in Reno, Nevada, with the elusive promise of a peaceful future. In finely sculpted prose imaginatively at odds with the harsh, volatile world Kiefer evokes, The Animals builds powerfully toward the revelation of Bill s defining betrayal and the drastic lengths Bill goes to in order to escape the consequences.", Bill Reed manages a wildlife sanctuary in rural Idaho, caring for injured animals unable to survive in the wild -raptors, a wolf, and his beloved bear, Majer, among them. He hopes to marry the local vet and live out a quiet life, until a childhood friend is released from prison and threatens to reveal Bill's darkest secrets. Suddenly forced to confront his criminal past, Bill battles fiercely to preserve both the shelter and his hard-won new identity. Alternating between the past and the present, The Animals builds powerfully toward the revelation of Bill's defining betrayal-and the drastic lengths he'll go to in order to escape the consequences., Bill Reed manages a wildlife sanctuary in rural Idaho, caring for injured animals unable to survive in the wild --raptors, a wolf, and his beloved bear, Majer, among them. He hopes to marry the local vet and live out a quiet life, until a childhood friend is released from prison and threatens to reveal Bill's darkest secrets. Suddenly forced to confront his criminal past, Bill battles fiercely to preserve both the shelter and his hard-won new identity. Alternating between the past and the present, The Animals builds powerfully toward the revelation of Bill's defining betrayal--and the drastic lengths he'll go to in order to escape the consequences., Named one of the Best Books of the Year by Amazon and the San Francisco Chronicle Longlisted for the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere (Foreign Authors) "[A] galloping great read... [a] genuine work of art." --Porter Shreve, San Francisco Chronicle, front-page review

LC Classification NumberPS3611.I443